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QuoteIn the excellent book, The Rise of the Egalitarian Family, Trumbach gives the following data for mourning periods: 12 months for a husband or wife 6 months for parents or parents-in-law 3 months for a sister or brother, uncle or aunt 6 weeks for a sister-in-law or uncle or aunt (no explanation for the duplication here so perhaps it had to do with the closeness or lack thereof 3 weeks – uby nikkistew - Derbyshire Writers' Guild